The Global Financial Crisis and migration: the experience of Irish graduates

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Purpose This paper identifies a group of Irish graduates who decided to emigrate following the global financial crash of 2008. The paper explores how the economic crisis in Ireland (2008-14) framed the experience of this group of migrants. Specifically, the paper examines the push/pull factors leading to migration; the experience of the graduate migrants in the host country; and decisions … Read More

Author(s):Simon Stephens, Jan Selmer and Luisa Helena Ferreira Pinto
Publisher:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication Date:01 Feb 2015
URL:http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JGM-06-2014-0017
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Local, European and Global: An Exploration of Migration Patterns of Social Workers into Ireland

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Abstract: Whilst the project to increase workforce mobility is part of a common labour force policy across the European Union, for some social workers, it has also been coupled with an aspiration to develop a pan-European identity within the profession (Lorenz, 1994, 2000; Frost, 2008). In this article, taking the island of Ireland as an example, we examine empirical data … Read More

Author(s):Trish Walsh, George Wilson and Erna O'Connor
Publisher:Oxford Journals
Publication Date:13 Dec 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/6/1978.short
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Life in the Shadows – an Exploration of Irregular Migration in Ireland


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This report looks at the lived experience of migrant workers who are undocumented or working irregularly in Ireland. It examines the different routes into undocumented status. Different policy options and their effectiveness are also analysed, and the report makes a number of recommendations for minimising irregular migration.

Author(s):Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Publisher:Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Publication Date:01 Dec 2007
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:0 9547400 7 6
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